Leukemia

This piece is based on the idea of Leukemia and how it seems to take over a body. I decided to create this project in memory of my mother’s cousin who passed away from Leukemia. Structures of white blood cells are presented as though they’re evolving out from the back of the head and then taking over the head. The head is painted red to define red blood cells. The grey eyes illustrate the life taken out of a person; lack of liveliness. The blank expression demonstrates the absence of hope in a person. This illustrates how the white blood cells are taking over the red blood cells, and thus the definition of how Leukemia affects a person.